S: (n) case (a person requiring professional services) "a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor"

S: (n) subject, case, guinea pig (a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation) "the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly"; "the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities"

S: (n) shell, case, casing (the housing or outer covering of something) "the clock has a walnut case"

S: (n) casing, case (the enclosing frame around a door or window opening) "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced"

S: (n) case, compositor's case, typesetter's case ((printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers) "for English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters"